56 MOTION PICTURES level, he decided to talk to publishers and editors to whom D nited Feature sells "Li'} Abner" and to pump some useful information out of them. The convention in New York last spring of the American Newspaper Publishers Association gave him a splendid oppor- tunity for concentrated research. Many cocktail parties were given in honor of the visiting journalists, and Capp went to all of them, whether he was invited or not, and buttonholed the visitors. "The syndicate got wind of what I was up to," he says, "and began sending agents to the parties to buttonhole me as soon as I stepped inside the door and to keep me, at all costs, from talking shop with anybody." Capp was enchanted by this game. He began showing up at par- -tI ties with a Powers model on one arm and h . 1 f " F '.' R . b " a s owglr rom lnlan s aln ow on the other. Whenever an enemy agent -t1 -tI tried to engage him in conversation, he nudged one of the young ladies, and she would detach herself from him, attach herself to the other fellow, turn on all her charm, and divert him from his mis- sion, thus leaving Capp free to pursue his own. A couple of months after filing his suit, Capp, presumably making use of some of his findings, devoted two Sun- day "Li'} Abner" strips to a burlesque of "Superman," the authors of which were depicted as a pair of naïve young men being mercilessly exploited by an outfit called the Squeeze blood Syndicate. D nited Feature patiently distributed this thinly veiled exposition of Capp's opin- ion of its operations. 'MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA' "IS A NOTABLE EVENT"-zUNSER 1 CUE h RKO RADIO PICTURE The THBATRE ;;;;ltÑÖ" RUSSEll M\O\AEl E: PAX\NOU RÞ.'1M : : S nUl OOUG\J.S NE o'NEILL'S in EUGE G BECOMES "MOURNIN TRA" ELEC AN.HENR'l HULL with NANcY COLE DLEY NICHOLS J and Directed, by D Prou uCtu tWICE DAILY GOLDEN THEATRE 2 30 &.. P NOAY 45th Sf, W, of S'woy øfoRM "' RESERVED SEATS ONLY 3 P 2,;00,5:15 & 1:30 pM MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rockefeller Center "GOOD NEWS" June Peter ALLYSON · LAWFORD Patricia Marshall . Joan McCracken An M-G-M Pi cture. In T ECHNICOLOR SPECTACULAR STAGE PRESENTATION CONCERT 3 Carnegie Hall Recitals D'ec. 15 (Evg.). Jan. 10 (Aft.). Feb. 6 (Evg.) Featuring Highlights from 3 Centuries of Pia no Literature ! ! Dec. 15-Program of 19th Century Music Seats now on sale at box office Baldwin Piano Columbia & Victor Recürds I I j T A WSUIT or no lawsuit, Capp is L continuing to furnish United Fea- ture with comic strips for the daily papers at least two weeks in advance of sched- uled publication, and with ones for the Sunday papers, which are in color and take longer to print, at least six weeks ahead. He turns out all his strips in Bos- ton and mails a week's material to New York at a time. It takes him around four hours to do a daily strip, and around ten to do a Sunday one. Few other comÍc- strip men can operate at this speed. Capp works in spurts and knocks off a couple ;:,' of weeks' material in four or fi ve days of intense toil. He writes his ideas and his dialogue in pencil in a loose- leaf schoolboy notebook, which he al- ways carries around with him, and he often revises' a bit of dialogu , like "Ooonffff! ! ! ! ," half a dozen times be- fore he is satisfied with it. He sketches most of his figures himself, in pencil, and is extremely finicky about their fa- cial expressions. Two assistants-Wal- ter Johnston and Andy Amato-take I ; ,,'Y' ',(?:;::;::;;iiiÍ;t> ':'1' RUM CHERRIES CARAMEL. SURPRISE COFFEE BEANS t , " '::"1 ,.,!NGER LEAVES ';."-*,, ":::'" ":,' '@\<- ,AM MINTS 'I ,':':) SQUARES , ..... ..." -,:;\ :QUARES 'i .. ED ""Th::, :,: ,:\:: ::::,' , ' '%@"tt \>, ,t:" ':::i:\' " ð0';:"'< ,e """ , . ':X .............. -" . "'),:, '", ->>.;./: :, ,'x ", , ': , ::;:æ P " > () W<' ; , ,'i fif ,;,; ð : J " ,:-- ' >AP Exclusive chocolates Ellen. C1.ocolates,NewY ork28,N.Y. At Fine Candy Counters Everywhere DECEMßEI\ (" 1 9 4- 7 ïtt I I I I (Dress Optional) * AT SUPPER ØMAf I /IJ,JJ. . DINNER AND SUPPER I tJitß and his Orchestra . I and his Orchestra alternating at Supper Cover from 10:30, $2 . SUNDAY DINNER-DANCE (no cover) Mischa Borr and his Orchestra I Selective Dinners and ò la carte I t ",.1 I PARK AVE. AT 50TH STREET PIERRE G I LL Just fine food. . . no music or entertainment BREAKFAST · LUNCHEON , DINNER Weekdays and Sundays 8lctJfPWllre Plaza Circle ot 61 st St. " t8 .\ . " ' <;lite i 1,,'Ji:' . '_$øv '.u u ,'" ,,' " .,',.,,"'.. ""u,'",,.' . ;--; .-:. 'u, ' .'.....", ,::,:< :' ::"'" Luncheon Cocktail hour. Dinner. Supper CONTINUOUS DANCING FROM FIVE SAVOY=PlAZA PLAZA CIRCLE AT 58 TH ST.